Hefei, China: innovation profile

Hefei is number 87 in the 311 Innovation Cities Index, with an innovation score of 56. It is home to 23 R&D labs, 1 startup and 16 of the world's largest companies in the 311 Institute directories.

Part of the 311 Innovation Cities Index (311institute.com). Last updated 7 October 2026.

Largest companies

• Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. (#626)
• CXMT Corporation (#850)
• Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Ltd. (#1056)
• Gotion High-tech Co., Ltd. (#1091)
• Changhong Meiling Co., Ltd. (#1418)
• An Hui Wenergy Co., Ltd. (#1517)
• Iflytek Co., Ltd. (#1522)
• Luzhou Laojiao Company Limited (#1577)
• Anhui Honglu Steel Construction (Group) Co., Ltd. (#1739)
• Anhui Heli Co., Ltd. (#1850)
• Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production Co., Ltd. (#2141)
• Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation (#2518)
• East China Engineering Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (#2629)
• Anhui Wanwei Updated High-tech Material Industry Co., Ltd. (#2945)
• Anhui Xinhua Media Co., Ltd. (#2946)
• Hefei Urban Construction Development Co., Ltd. (#F322)

Startups

• Changxin Memory Technologies

R&D labs

Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anhui Office of Philosophy and Social Science, Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CETC, China government, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CXMT, Hefei General Machinery Research Institute (China), Hefei Institute of Technology Innovation, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, iFlytek, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Origin Quantum, Peng Huanwu Center for Fundamental Theory, PLA Electronic Engineering Institute, State Grid Anhui Electric Power Company Electric Power Science Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Sungrow, University of Science and Technology of China.